Cessna 172I N35411

Summary

On 3 March 2025 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna 172I registered N35411 was involved in an accident near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 March 2025 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Ranch (TN98)

Coordinates

35.8856, -83.9577

Aircraft

Cessna 172I

Registration

N35411

Category

Airplane

Year built

1968

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Knoxville → Knoxville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA138

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a truck while taxiing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While taxiing out for a solo flight, the student pilot misjudged his wingtip clearance with a parked truck. The airplane initially made contact with the outboard 2 ft of the right wing, then pivoted about 90° to the right while tipping to the left and contacting the ground with the propeller and left wingtip before coming to rest. The student pilot was not injured, but the airplane was substantially damaged. According to the student pilot, he was taxiing at 10 to 15 mph, when the right wing impacted the truck. He stated that “It was completely an act of my misjudgment” and that next time, he would not only proceed with more space than necessary, but he would use the most extreme caution “slowing down to a snail’s pace.”

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.